COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
09519
Record number:
09519-9
JCB call number:
E746 P944h / 1-SIZE
Image title:
Ancien Mexico.
Creator 1:
Pierre Quentin Chedel
Creator 1 dates:
1705-1763
Creator 1 role:
Sc.
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Didot]
Image date:
[1754]
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 12, following p. 428
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
19.5 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
28.3 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
25.3 cm.
Page dimension width:
35.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
Bird's-eye view of Mexico City or Tenochtitlán on Lake Texcoco showing the various islands and causeways or bridges which linked parts of the city. Also includes men on horseback, domestic animals, boats, churches, dwellings, wicker dams, and main square.
Source creator:
Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763
Source Title:
[Histoire générale des voyages] Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre ... Tome douzieme
Source place of publication:
A Paris
Source publisher:
Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or
Source date:
M.DCC.LIV. [1754]
notes:
An attempt to depict the city as it was when the Spanish conquered it. For a probable source for this image cf. 34575-4.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Mexico City (Mexico)--Description and travel
Ancien Mexico.
